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Kenny Lee Benson of the band Crawdaddio, left, gets off the stage to perform up close to Zydeco music fans during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Los Angeles band Crawdaddio performs zydeco music as people dance during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Beads and a mannequin’s leg decorate the area around a family’s shade tent during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

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People sit under overcast skies and listen to music during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Kenny Lee Benson of the band Crawdaddio, left, gets off the stage to perform up close to Zydeco music fans during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

In between musical acts on the Zydeco stage, people get a Cajun dance lesson during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

People line up for Cajun food during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

People dance to zydeco music during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Freddie Johnson, bassist for the zydeco band Crawdaddio, performs during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Mike Malone, left, and his father Dennis Malone of Huntington Beach, don their crawfish hats to listen to zydeco music during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Beads and a mannequin’s leg decorate the area around a family’s shade tent during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

The “Leg Man,” an Alta Loma resident who would only refer to himself as such, spent his twenty-fourth Bayou Fest sitting next to a wagon with a manikin leg draped in a fishnet stocking, under his tent decorated in beads and trinkets.

He planned to take the mannequin leg with him in Sunday’s parade.

“I lead the parade,” he said, adding that he took his trip to New Orleans in November 2016. “I love the music and the friendliness.”

A few feet away, Susan Schrader, 71, and her husband Bob caught shade under a tree while eating fried catfish and French fries.

“You look around and people are smiling, dancing, dressed up and wearing beads,” Susan Schrader said.

People line up for Cajun food during the 32nd annual Long Beach Bayou Festival next to the Queen Mary on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The two-day event kicked off Saturday and will conclude Sunday. The event features two live music stages with dancing, Cajun food and plenty of activities for children. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Events that draw large crowds are a good way to enhance the area around the aging vessel, which has been approved to receive millions of dollars in much-needed repairs.

This year, Bayou Fest moved from its home at Rainbow Lagoon Park to the Queen Mary, where its partnership with concert promoter Goldenvoice has resulted in a slew of music festivals in the area.

On June 16, the ship grounds hosted the Smokin’ Grooves concert and The Smokers Club Festival was held there in April.